Germany’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Nigeria’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 544 m above Nigeria’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 2.8 times as many people as Germany

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 9% more densely populated than Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 27 years older than in Nigeria

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 3.0 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Germany hosts 61 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Germany and Nigeria are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 17 times the size of Nigeria’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Germany produces 7.9 times as much per person as Nigeria

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Germany (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 6.2× Nigeria’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Germany spends 103 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 23 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 12 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Germany is 54% higher than in Nigeria

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Germany: 22% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.09 points higher than in Nigeria

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 5.4 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Germany has 9.9 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Germany has 1,064 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 726 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 6.7 years longer than in Nigeria

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 193 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Germany has 53 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (55 against 2)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Germany: 94% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 4.3 times as fast as in Nigeria

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Germany have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Germany: 100% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Germany: 82% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Germany: 129 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 9.5 times as long as Nigeria’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Germany fly 43 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 19% of Nigeria

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 5.5 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 4.6 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 17.2 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Nigeria gets 20% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)